Section 3 Critical Thinking Questions

1. Why did the Allies want to establish a supply line to Russia?

2. How did the Zimmerman note draw the US into the war?

3. Why did wartime governments take control of their countries’

economies?

4. How did total war lead to rationing?

5. What effect did the Russian Revolution have on Russia’s role in

WWI?

6. How did the surrender of the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria and the

revolution in Austria-Hungary lead to the end of WWI?

7. What strategies new to WWI probably contributed to the destruction

of homes, villages, and farms?

8. Why might Westerners have experienced disillusionment in the wake

of WWI?

1. Why did the Allies want to establish a supply line to

Russia?

• To support their eastern ally

2. How did the Zimmerman note draw the US into the war?

• By threatening US territory taken from Mexico

3. Why did wartime governments take control of their countries’ economies?

• To ensure that all resources would be dedicated to winning the war

4. How did total war lead to rationing?

• It meant devoting essential goods to the war effort,

leaving less for those at home

5. What effect did the Russian Revolution have on Russia’s role in

WWI?• It brought Lenin to power, who withdrew Russia from the war and offered

Germany a truce

6. How did the surrender of the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria and the

revolution in Austria-Hungary lead to the end of WWI?• The collapse of Germany’s allies left it with no support when the German gov’t

itself collapsed, resulting in the new Germ republic’s signing an armistice with

France

7. What strategies new to WWI probably contributed to the destruction

of homes, villages, and farms?• Trench warfare and air warfare

8. Why might Westerners have experienced disillusionment in the wake

of WWI?• Despair at the tremendous loss of life and economic devastation and the

uselessness of all the suffering